Team & governance
Meet the team & the visionaries transforming cancer care
Our multi-sectoral network comprises some of the world’s leading cancer
experts, as well as change-makers from the worlds of science, politics, health,
the private sector and civil society. Together, we’re improving access to cancer
care through quality data, capacity development and technical expertise.
Team members
Global Team
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Benjamin Anderson
Global Technical Lead for Breast Cancer
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Thet Ko Aung
Senior Manager, Technical Cooperation
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Rolando Camacho
Global Technical Lead
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Mark Cianfagna
Engagement and Partnership Officer
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Harold Cottin
Head of Global Public Affairs
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Laura Foschi
Team and Governance Coordinator
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Maximiliano Funosas
Director, Finance and Corporate Services
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Shalini Eragoda
Head of Monitoring and Evaluation
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Phil Garrity
Consultant, Monitoring and Evaluation
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Michael Gone
Health Financing Manager
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Beatriz Hornburg
Project Director for readiness
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Gvantsa Khizanishvili
Global Programme Manager
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Ivana Lorenzatti
Digital Communications Coordinator
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Fred Kwame Awittor
Digital Health Manager
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Meritxell Mallafré-Larrosa
Technical Manager, Research Lead
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Paola Maldonado
Operations Advisor
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Isabel Mestres
CEO
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Phiona Mutamba
Finance Officer
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Mathieu Morand
Director, Health Financing and Innovation
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Diogo De Sousa Neves
Technical Cooperation Manager
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Rosa Gonzalez
Digital Health Technical Advisor
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Alfredo Polo
Director, Technical Cooperation & Capacity Development
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Lauren Scruggs
Monitoring and Evaluation Manager
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Stephanie Shahini
Engagement and Partnership Manager
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Kulveer Singh
Head of Marketing and Communications
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Norah Tapera
Grants Officer
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Vanessa Tracey
Communications Manager
Africa & Europe
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Sophie Bussmann-Kemdjo
Regional Director, Africa & Europe
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Chris Chukwunyere
City Manager, Abuja
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Leonard Gobah
Programme Manager, Kumasi
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Abubakari Jaliu
Project Coordinator Kumasi
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Beatrice Okumu
City Manager, Nairobi
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Marlene Mumukunde
Technical Cooperation Manager
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Natia Verdzadze
Tbilisi Project Manager
Asia
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Bunthoeun Pich
City Manager Phnom Penh
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Derrick Zhie Chan
City Manager, Greater Petaling
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Chika Kitajima
Regional Director, Asia
Latin America
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Leandro Duarte
City Manager, Rosario
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Miguel Ángel Jiménez Ceballos
City Manager, Concepcion
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Elia Lara Lona
City Manager, León
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Mafe Navarro
Regional Director, Latin America
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Martha Ordoñez
Technical Cooperation Manager
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Victor Palacios
City Manager, Arequipa
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Carmen Palta
Pro Pacifico Sustainability Partner, Cali
Board of Directors
C/Can is a non-governmental organisation governed by its Board. Nine directors operate in an individual capacity and do not act as representatives of their own organisation. At its head is the President of C/Can, a position currently held by Jörg-Michael Rupp.
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Jörg-Michael Rupp
Roche, Switzerland
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Justin Abbott
Independent Board Member, United Kingdom
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Stuart Bennett
The Medical City, Philippines
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Santiago Cornejo
Pan American Health Organization, United States
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Valentina Gizzi
Independent Board Member, Switzerland
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Mary Gospodarowicz
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre & University of Toronto, Canada
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Nneka Mobisson
mDoc Healthcare, South Africa
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Guillermo Rivera Rio
Independent Board Member, Switzerland
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Dr. Saunthari Somasundaram
Malaysian Cancer Society, Malaysia
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Dr. Verna Vanderpuye
Korle-bu Teaching Hospital, Ghana
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Andrew Whitman
Baxter Healthcare – Kidney Care, United States
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Sanchia Aranda
Honorary Board Member, Australia
City Executive Committee Members
City Executive Committees (CEC) are multi-sectoral governance bodies that lead the C/Can initiative in each city, while ensuring solutions are localised. The CEC informs and engages stakeholders, fosters political commitment, keeps the city process aligned with existing local and national initiatives, supports a robust, data-driven process and provides guidance.
Ministerio de Salud Pública y Bienestar Social
Municipalidad de Asunción
Programa Nacional de Control del Cáncer, MSPBS
Instituto Nacional del Cáncer, MSPBS
Instituto de Previsión Social
Universidad Nacional de Asunción, Facultad de Medicina
Universidad Nacional de Asunción. Hospital de Clínicas
Grupo San Roque
Sociedad Paraguaya de Oncología
Autoridad Regulatoria Radiológica y Nuclear
Instituto Codas Thompson
Fundación Unidos Contra El Cáncer (FUNCA)
Fundación Re NACI
Ministerio de Salud Pública y Bienestar Social
Municipalidad de Asunción
Programa Nacional de Control del Cáncer, MSPBS
Instituto Nacional del Cáncer, MSPBS
Instituto de Previsión Social
Universidad Nacional de Asunción, Facultad de Medicina
Universidad Nacional de Asunción. Hospital de Clínicas
Grupo San Roque
Sociedad Paraguaya de Oncología
Autoridad Regulatoria Radiológica y Nuclear
Instituto Codas Thompson
Fundacion Unidos Contra El Cáncer (FUNCA)
Fundación ReNACI
Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social
Gobernación del Valle del Cauca
Alcaldía de Santiago de Cali
Secretaría Departamental de Salud – Valle del Cauca
Secretaría de Salud Pública Municipal – Cali
Fundación Valle del Lili
Centro Medico Imbanaco
Hospital Universitario del Valle
Hemato Oncólogos S.A. Clínica de Occidente
Universidad del Valle – Registro Poblacional de Cáncer – Cali
Universidad del Valle – Decano Facultad de Salud
Unicáncer
Funcáncer
ACEMI (Asociación EPS Régimen Contributivo)
EMSSANAR
Fundación POHEMA
SOS
AFIDRO (Asociación de Laboratorios Farmaceúticos de Investigación y Desarrollo)
The Selangor State Executive Council (EXCO): Selangor public health, unity, women empowerment and family
University Malaya Cancer Research Institute (UMCRI)
University Malaya (UM)
University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC)
National Cancer Society of Malaysia (NCSM)
Disease Control Division, Ministry of Health (MOH)
National Cancer Institute (IKN), Ministry of Health (MOH)
National Head Clinical Services for General Surgery, Ministry of Health (MOH)
Non-Communicable Disease Control Sector, Selangor State Health Department (JKNS)
Subang Jaya Medical Centre (SJMC)
The Malaysian Oncological Society (MOS)
The Association of Private Hospitals Malaysia (APHM)
Health and Environmental Services Department (MBPJ)
Health Department, Subang Jaya City Council (MBSJ)
Health and Environment, Shah Alam City Council (MBSA)
Life Insurance Association of Malaysia (LIAM)
Selangor State Economic Planning Unit (UPEN)
Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM)
Breast Cancer Welfare Association Malaysia (BCWA)
Social Security Organisation (SOCSO)
Ministry of Health
Ashanti Regional Coordinating Council
Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly
Ghana Health Service
Ashanti Traditional Council
Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA)
Peace & Love
Breast Care International
The City of Kigali
Polyfam Clinic
Rwanda Palliative Care and Hospice Organisation
Ministry of Health
Rwanda Military Hospital
Kigali Teaching University Hospital
University of Rwanda
IMBUTO Foundation
Rwanda Biomedical Center- Cancer division
MUHIMA District Hospital
Hospice St. Jean Paul II
Rwanda Children’s Cancer Relief
Rwanda NCD Alliance
Rwanda Social Security Board
Breast Cancer Initiative East Africa Inc.
King Faisal Hospital
Secretaría de Salud de Guanajuato
Instituto Nacional de Cancerología
Municipio de León
Dirección de Salud de León
Fundación Rodolfo Padilla
Universidad de Guanajuato, Sede León
Hospital Ángeles León
Hospital Aranda de la Parra
Hospital General de León
Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad del Bajío
Hospital General de la Unidad Médica de Alta Especialidad T1
Hospital Regional Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales de los Trabajadores del Estado
Jurisdicción Sanitaria VII
Asociación Mexicana de Ayuda a Niños con Cáncer (AMANC)
Hospital Infantil Teletón de Oncología Querétaro (HITO)
Fundación Mexicana Para La Salud (FUNSALUD)
Asociación Mexicana de Industrias de Investigación Farmacéutica (AMIIF)
Consejo Coordinador Empresarial de León
Tecnológico de Monterrey Campus León
Nairobi City County Government
Amref Health Africa
Kenya Medical Supplies Authority
Ministry of Health
National Cancer Institute of Kenya
Social Health Authority
Kenya Medical Research Institute
Kenya Hospices and Palliative Care Association
National Nurses Association of Kenya
Non-Communicable Diseases Alliance of Kenya
Elewa Cancer Foundation
Kenya Healthcare Federation
Kenyan Network of Cancer Organizations
Women 4 Cancer Early Detection and Treatment
Kenya Society of Hematologist and Oncologist
Kenyatta National Hospital
Kenya Medical Association
Kenyatta University
Kenya Medical Training College
Kenyatta University Teaching Referral & Research Hospital
University of Nairobi
Pharmaceutical Society of Kenya
Secretary of State
Ministry of Health
Calmette Hospital
Kantha Bopha Hospital
Laung Me Hospital
Cambodia Council of Nurses
Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital
Health Action Coordinating Committee
Japan Heart
LSF
Mercy Medical Center
Hebron Medical Center
Swiss Cooperation Office and Consular Agency
Chakra II Cancer Clinic
Prefeitura de Porto Alegre
Secretaria Estadual de Saúde
Estado do Rio Grande do Sul
Secretaria Municipal de Saúde
Hospital Moinhos de Vento
Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre
Hospital Presidente Vargas
Hospital Santa Casa
Hospital São Lucas da PUCRS
Instituto Nacional de Câncer José Alencar Gomes da Silva (INCA)
Latin American Cooperative Oncology Group (LACOG)
Sociedade Brasileira Cirurgia Oncológica – Regional RS
Sociedade Brasileira de Oncologia Clínica (SBOC)
Sociedade Brasileira de Radioterapia (SBRT)
Unimed Porto Alegre
IPERGS – Instituto de Previdência do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul
FEMAMA – Federação Brasileira de Instituições Filantrópicas de Apoio à Saúde da Mama
Grupo Hospitalar Conceição
Ministerio de Salud de la provincia de Santa Fe
Secretaría de Salud Pública ciudad de Rosario
Instituto Nacional del Cáncer
Agencia de Control del Cáncer. Ministerio de Salud
FAOHP | Fundación Argentina Onco Hematológica Pediátrica
LALCEC Rosario
Universidad Nacional de Rosario
Asociacion de Oncologia de Rosario
Colegio de Médicos de Santa Fe | 2º Circunscripción
Colegio de Profesionales de Enfermería del Sur de la provincia de Santa Fe
IAPOS | Instituto Autárquico Provincial de Obra Social
Grupo Gamma
Asociación de Clínicas y Sanatorios
Hospital de Niños “Víctor J. Vilela”
Hospital provincial del Centenario
Policlinicos PAMI Rosario
Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia
Tbilisi City Hall
Georgia Patients’ Union
Europa Donna Georgia
National Centre for Disease Control and Public Health
Tbilisi State Medical University
Todua Medical Centre
Mardaleishvili Medical Centre
Young Oncologists Group of Georgia
Universal Medical Centre
Parliament of Georgia- Healthcare Committee
Department of Public Health, Ministry of Health and Sports
Department of Medical Services, Ministry of Health and Sports
Yangon Region Government
Myanmar Medical Association
Yangon General Hospital, Hospital Administration
Yangon Regional Health Department, Ministry of Health and Sports
Department of Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs), Ministry of Health and Sports (MOHS)
Shwe Yaung Hnin Si Cancer Foundation
Yangon General Hospital, Department of Medical Oncology
Yangon General Hospital, Department of Radiation Oncology
Central Women’s Hospital, Hospital Administration
Yangon Children’s Hospital, Dept. of Haemato-Oncology
U Hla Tun Cancer Foundation
Myanmar Private Hospital Association
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